The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-12-09

his inaugrral he gave as the war cry Of ~
administrator the words sAntagonize EN-,
and up to that motto be has religiousl.
lived.
Mr.. Hannahn is of Irish birth ard par.
entage, but came to this country IL ls4B
haing then hftaan years of age. The family
settled in Buffalo, N. ", wAere the fatheI
shortly after dieu. Yong Hannain went e
Chicago If. 1850, and entered the service Of
the Illinois Central railroad, remaining ir
the employ of that corporation for nint
years. The outbreak Of the war found hin
in Memphis, but he fastened homt
and was soon commissioned lieutenant
by Gov. Yates and proceeded 70 raist
a ompany afterward known as Company +
Seyenty-dfth Illinois volunteers. From thai
time till the close of the war III cut Hanna.
fin served ia the Army of the Cumberland
participating in the battles Of Perryvllle
Stone River, Lookout Mountain, and the
various engagements for which that army
was famous He came to Dakota in 1855.
before Wyoming was cut on from this terri.
tory, and was engaged IN the Union Pacific
railway. In 1872 he struck the Northern
Pacific at Brainerd. and shortly after Went
to Bismarck, where he has since resided.
In the early and troublesome times on the
frontier Denny Hannain was a prominent
figure. His hair-breath escapes would fill 8
volume and included set-tos with Indians
highway robbers, gamblers blacklegs OF
various kinds. and even included disputes
with hluecoRts who happened to get a lutte
too fresh or presume too much on then
authority. If Hannain ever came out
second best in any of his troubles the fact is
not remembered by the oldest inhabitant :
~ - - - - - nlgNps-ra.A havnaaNoE.
and what is stranger, is a Prohtbitionist
When Hancock was nominated Hannatin
went to New York to see him. He told the
adiutan6 general now far ne had travelled,
and the latter secured him q private inter-
view. Nr. Hannafin's advice to Gen. Han
cock has been the theme OF a good many
writer's, but in nearly every case what he
said was distorted or exaggerated. He did
not tell the general to stand pat" as has
been so often reported. or any nonsense OF
that kind. What he said was this; Seen
eral. you nave been nominated on yonl
name and record The men who live in the
territories are natural politicians; TX they
weren't they couldn't live there. Now what
/ say TO you is. don'u write one d-letter on
the tariff or finance, and Keep away from
New York
If Hancock had observed this advice he
would nave come much nearer success than
he did. As it was, be thanked Mr.. Hannafin,
Ssb0 AlA hC 8pPCo w nav AC fACnohAb W.
meeting him again when he could stand
more courtisies than he could at that time.
SWELL, replied Hannahn, Syou can rest
pretty sure you'll see me again-if you are
elected" Hannatin's faith in the outcome
was great. and the defeat of Hancock cost
him in various ways about $4,000
As remarked at the outset, Mr.. Hannain
is a great antagonizer. When Church ar
rived in Bismarck after his appointment as
governor he was -ece2
Being called upon by some one as an old
resident and a fellow Damocrat to make a
few suggestions to the governor, Dennis
embodied his ideas in a very few words, as
follows: Dakota is divided into four sec
tIons-North Dakota, South Dakota, the Red
River valley and the BLACK Hills What
you want to do is to antagonize every d.
one of lem and --a all at3nce.S
Speaking of this plan, Mr.. Hannaiin says
that after careful observation for many
years he has found that acivility is a failure
always a failure with the leaders. No,
sirl step on their toes. Ii they don't like IL
let 'em take 'em out of the way
1t isscarcely necessary TO say that Mr.. Han
main is a well known figure around Bis
T1art5hh- a.a is4ahau6 the first individual
pointed out to the visitor looking up The
sights.